Current Positions

Director, Laboratory for the study of the pathogenesis of immune-mediated neuronal disorders, Institut D’Investigacions Biomédiques August Pi I Sunyer, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain

Member of the editorial boards of: Neurology, Neurología, UpTo Date in Neurology

Member of the American Academy of Neurology, American Neurologic Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Society for Neuro-oncology, Spanish Society of Neurology, Catalan Society of Neurology,

Academic Qualifications

Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1976

Doctorate of Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1993

Fellowship in Neuro-oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA, 1988-92

Areas of Research

Study of autoimmune encephalitis and other immune-mediated neurologic disorders

Diagnosis and treatment of neurologic problems in patients with cancer

Role of autoimmunity in memory and cognition

Honors and Awards

Jacoby Award, American Neurological Association for meritorious experimental work

Best manuscript prize, Annals of Neurology

Lady Barbara Colyton Prize for Autoimmune Research, University of Pennsylvania Stanley Gore lecture, University of Chicago Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Pennsylvania